When my wife and I began collecting vintage Halloween collectibles over a decade ago our aim was to collect only the finest absolute rarest and elusive examples. Our collecting philosophy hasn’t wained over the years. Today our collection is a reflection of those high standards we stayed true to. Our guiding principles have helped us amass a laudable collection noteworthy for its superb condition, rarity, and one-of-a-kind never before seen examples representing quality, integrity, and authenticity™.
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Nut Cups

Excerpts from our long-established personal vintage Halloween collection representing the high watermark of condition and rarity.

We periodically add photographs as we maintain our archive.

Complete Set of Mechanical Nut Cups, USA, Beistle, 1938. This astonishingly rare and remarkably pristine set of mechanical nut cups, issued for merely one season in 1938, is comprised of four designs. Each design has been recycled and slightly modified from the art Beistle used in their 1930 -1931 roly-poly set and 1933 rattles set. All have a mechanical action and are printed on thin flat orange paper stock. These are sizable, measuring 7” – 7.25” h x 5” w unfolded, 4.50” – 4.75” h x 3.25” l x 2.25” w, assembled, this set having never been assembled.

Set of four Hallowe’en Nut or Candy Trays, USA, Beistle, (no mark), early 1930s, 5″ h x 3.25″ – 3.75″ w. I know of only one enveloped set previously held in the collection. I have never seen these trays offered separately until this writing so I suspect they were made for a single season only.